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Professor, Labour MP ('92-'15) and minister, Centre for English Identity and Politics, and Southern Policy Centre. Blog at https://t.co/6pZMLknIEl

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If you complain on X an equally useless robot gets in touch. Second opinion?.
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Thanks to @virginmedia use of AI the like for like contract I agreed turned out to be anything but. So far wasted 1.5 hrs on phone without the problem being resolved. But don’t worry, AI is totally ready to replace GPs.
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Thanks to @virginmedia use of AI the like for like contract I agreed turned out to be anything but. So far wasted 1.5 hrs on phone without the problem being resolved. But don’t worry, AI is totally ready to replace GPs.
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RT @TariqModood: Beyond Division: ‘Multicultural Nationalism’ and the White Working-Class – Byline Times .Blog base….
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Labour must find a solution to the divisions being exploited by Reform UK and the Conservatives – a broader cohesive idea of our nation needs to be consciously created
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RT @williamnhutton: Entirely agree. Refusal to introduce ID cards baffling. Britain in a deep sense is ungoverned.
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RT @wearenewlocal: .@jesstud and @JYDenham share a statement on the Deputy Prime Minister’s speech at the Local Government Conference 2025….
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RT @JYDenham: Not saying ‘island of strangers’ is a start. But if Blue Labour was wrong, how should Labour and others engage with white wor….
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This article explores Labour's electoral response to the rise of Reform UK, whose recent local election gains and strong polling suggest significant appeal among white working class voters. Labour's...
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7/ If you found this interesting, please read the whole (and more nuanced) article!.
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6/And a multicultural nationalism can create a coherent and cohesive nation, accommodating the interests and rights of different groups, including the white working class.
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5/ Multiculturalism has used acknowledgement, recognition and symbolic inclusion to bring ethnic and faith minorities into a shared public sphere: and white working class voters should be afforded the same respect.
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4/ While not homogenous, a recognisable and predominantly white fraction of society characterised by education, employment, geography, values, ideas of nationhood and (relative lack of) racialised experience clearly exists and can be politically mobilised.
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3/ The idea of a hegemonic white majority no longer reflects a more complex reality; it does not help when some argue the white working class does not exist or should not be acknowledged.
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2/ The liberal left often underestimates the importance of class when promoting diversity and minority interests, leaving white working class voters feeling excluded from the national project.
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Not saying ‘island of strangers’ is a start. But if Blue Labour was wrong, how should Labour and others engage with white working class voters? with @TariqModood Sam Hill 🧵.
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This article explores Labour's electoral response to the rise of Reform UK, whose recent local election gains and strong polling suggest significant appeal among white working class voters. Labour's...
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Keir Starmer says he regrets saying ‘Island of Strangers’. There is a better way to give a voice to white working class voters. New, with Sam Taylor Hill and @TariqModood. @po_qu.
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This article explores Labour's electoral response to the rise of Reform UK, whose recent local election gains and strong polling suggest significant appeal among white working class voters. Labour's...
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RT @CompassOffice: "Labour is too close to endorsing Reform UK's story of the nation" - John Denham.
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RT @CompassOffice: Wonderful to hear Director of the Centre for English Identity John Denham speaking on how to get a radical, mission-led….
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RT @wearenewlocal: “Total Place 2.0 is surely a no-brainer.”. @JYDenham & @jesstud make the case for this “over ready” policy that would la….
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John Denham and Jessica Studdert make the case for Total Place 2.0 - to shift public investment for better outcomes.
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